Gore Tex Jacket Mens Medium Navy Performance Shell Hooded vs Women's Dirt Roamer Storm Jacket: which is safer?

Where these two actually differ

• We flag PFAS in DWR finish and Coating degradation and microplastic shedding on the Merrell and not on the Patagonia.
• We flag Azo dyes and color fastness, DWR coating degradation and re-treatment chemicals and Unverified DWR chemistry on the Patagonia and not on the Merrell.
• Both carry a flag for Antimony in polyester fiber, so neither choice avoids it.
• The Merrell is Gore-Tex polyester shell with DWR finish where the Patagonia is polyester shell with DWR finish, which is most of the difference in these two grades.
• The gap is 25 points, wide enough that this is not a close call, and the Patagonia is the one to buy.
• We are less certain about the Merrell grade, at 45% confidence against 72%, because it discloses less.